Airbus A220

By Keith Mwanalushi
Pratt & Whitney GTF engine issues persist as the Airbus A220 marks a decade of operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
A Qantas executive has explained how the airline is starting to deploy its new Airbus A220s and A321XLRs on international routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By William Moore
BermudAir plans to take on 10 Airbus A220-300s; Carbon Analysis considers the effect this will have on the young airline's efficiency.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Victoria Moores
Azorra remains optimistic about Airbus A220s despite airline hesitation over engine upgrades, with Pratt & Whitney retrofits improving reliability.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
BermudAir will add 10 Airbus A220-300s to its fleet, supporting plans to expand its network across the Caribbean, Central and North America.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
BermudAir will take 10 Airbus A220-300s aircraft that “will come fully connected,” the airline's founder and CEO Adam Scott said at the Farnborough Airshow.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
ITP Aero has expanded its engine parts repair capabilities for both the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G and PW1900G after signing a 10-year agreement with the engine OEM.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
As the world of aviation turns its gaze to the 2026 Farnborough International Airshow, Flight Friday highlights the utilization of the largest airline groups of Western Europe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Ten years after Swiss launched the world's first commercial Airbus A220 service in 2016, the aircraft has evolved into an important network-development tool.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By William Moore
AirBaltic has consolidated its fleet down to nothing but Airbus A220-300s. Carbon Analysis assesses how this gamble has affected the Latvian airline's efficiency.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Daniel Williams
With AirBaltic making headlines recently, Flight Friday examines the airline’s A220 utilization trends since 2023, as operations returned to a post-COVID normal.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Daniel Williams, Richard Aboulafia
Ten years after the C Series entered service, editors are joined by Richard Aboulafia to assess the success of what is now the A220 and explain why a decision to stretch it or not is such a conundrum for Airbus.
Check 6

By Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau
As Airbus and Boeing develop A320neo and 737 MAX successors, opportunities will open for suppliers to deploy long-developed products.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is promoting the idea of minimum investment and minimum change if it launches a larger A220, but the timing remains unclear.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
A 13-strong tranche of JetBlue’s former Embraer 190 E1 fleet is now being placed with new operators around the globe, with the U.S. carrier having now phased out the Brazilian aircraft.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Alan Dron
Airbus and Lufthansa Group have signed a deal to support the airline group’s fleet of Airbus A220s.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Jens Flottau, Robert Wall
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury says the airframer will launch its A320 successor in 2030 as planned, welcoming news that Boeing’s competing program may be delayed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
The Tanzanian government is preparing to instigate significant improvements to domestic and regional air travel with a pair of new and improved airports.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Jens Flottau
Airbus appears to be leaning toward a simple stretch of the A220, as it weighs its options for a larger version of the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
Cyprus Airways CEO says engine availability now drives fleet decisions as the airline adapts to disruptions and supply chain challenges.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
If Airbus does choose to develop a stretched version of the A220, it may come too late for Air France-KLM, according to the airline group's CEO Ben Smith.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Swiss, which was the launch operator of what was then known as the Bombardier CS100, has decided to part out two A220-100s a decade after receiving them.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Lori Ranson
Breeze Airways doesn’t see an immediate need for a -500 variant of the Airbus A220, concluding the extra seats aren’t necessary for its network profile.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has launched a Tech Hub in Canada to work with local industry and academia on research projects principally in support of the A220 airliner program.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
“Strong and growing demand” for small narrowbody jets (SNJs) was behind Azorra’s purchase of fellow lessor DAE’s portfolio of Airbus A220s, according to a senior Azorra executive.
Small Narrowbody Jets